A recent poll by the association confirms the article's conclusion that business is booming.
No less alarming to the Government, which supports closer union, the polls confirmed the continuing erosion of voter support.
Those polls confirm what the campaigns' polling has shown for two weeks.
The poll also confirmed dispiriting aspects of the Times series.
That was recorded even though this poll confirmed that more Americans now think the economy is getting better than believe it worsening.
Voters are concerned, polls confirm, but are less willing to act on their concerns.
Much as citizens like to dislike Europe, polls confirm that it ranks far below health, crime, jobs and other basic issues in their concerns.
The final polls today should confirm a fourth perfect Penn State season without a national championship.
Subsequent polls, taken every year since 2007 on a representative sample of around 1,000 citizens, confirm this result.
Other polls, including surveys done by Manhattanville College, have indeed confirmed those results.